HERITAGE RECORD · 886

State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”

梅尔夫历史与文化公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Merv is the oldest and best-preserved of the oasis-cities along the Silk Route in Central Asia. The remains in this vast oasis span 4,000 years of human history. A number of monuments are still visible, particularly from the last two millennia.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ193325 ↗

Area353.24 ha

Administrative areaQ487401 · Q4283339 · Q199707 · Q4290758 · Q4290760 · Q491106 · Q18234383 · Q20021764 · Q484195 · Q178084 · Q12557 · Q63134381 · Q3708094 · Q249578 · Q12150341 · Q12536 · Q83891 · Q4075698

Named afterQ8409

WikipediaMerv ↗

Chinese Wikipedia梅尔夫 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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